Thermofluids 4

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2008:

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Upon completion, students should have gained the ability to analyse and design a wide range of fluid mechanical devices and comprehend several fundamental engineering problems through analysing and studying boundary layers and turbulence; and understand the principles of operation and optimisation of combustion and air conditioning equipment for improved performance, including the quality of the air environment or workplace.

Topics covered include wing theory: Prandtl lifting line; three-dimensional effects; aircraft performance; propellers, jets and fans and pumps; waves, ship resistance; model testing; wave resistance, ocean waves; boundary layers: Navier-Stokes equations; Prandtl's assumptions; Laminar solutions; Von Karman's momentum integral equation; transition; turbulence; turbulent boundary layers; turbulent flow in pipes and ducts; mass transfer, air conditioning and refrigeration; applications to heating, cooling, humidification and dehumidification; combustion; equilibrium and rate controlled reactions; ignition, stability and flammability limits; detonation, premixed and diffusion flames; radiation in combustion; and pollution control.

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• ability to apply knowledge of basic science and engineering fundamentals

• ability to communicate effectively, not only with engineers but also with the community at large

• in-depth technical competence in at least one engineering discipline

• ability to undertake problem identification, formulation and solution

• ability to utilise a systems approach to design and operational performance

• understanding of the social, cultural, global and environmental responsibilities of the professional engineer, and the need for sustainable development

• understanding of the principles of sustainable design and development

• expectation of the need to undertake lifelong learning, capacity to do so

• capacity for independent critical thought, rational inquiry and self-directed learning

• intellectual curiosity and creativity, including understanding of the philosophical and methodological bases of research activity

• openness to new ideas and unconventional critiques of received wisdom

• profound respect for truth and intellectual integrity, and for the ethics of scholarship

• international awareness and openness to the world, based on understanding and appreciation of social and cultural diversity and respect for individual human rights and dignity